Peters v. Hood

Opinion by

White, P. J.

(Transferred from Austin. J

§ 3 7 6. Heirs; suit against may be maintained by creditor of estate, without administration, when; case stated. Hood instituted suit in justice’s court against Peters and others, upon a promissory note executed to him by one Sarah Bond for $135. He shed defendants as the heirs of said Sarah Bond, who had died since the execution of the note, claiming that they, the heirs of said decedent, had taken possession of, and distributed among themselves, all the property of said decedent. The note sued on was executed October 7, 1879. Sarah Bond died…